There are many things that are exasperating about the soi disant stewards of the environment, but the central exasperating thing about them lies right at the heart of their claim. This is especially true of Christians who tell us that Jesus requires us to be “stewards of the earth,” and that being green is a …
Christian Freedom
Book 3/Chapter 19 Christian liberty (section 1) 1. How many aspects to Christian freedom are there? 2. Is Christian liberty important? 3. What are the two errors he describes with regard to Christian liberty? Justification (section 2) 1. What is the first error he addresses? Galatians (section 3) 1. Is the letter to the Galatians …
Tilt a Whirl Trailer
Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl trailer from Gorilla Poet Productions on Vimeo.
Gerizim and Ebal
Lane has moved on to discuss Venema’s treatment of 1 Corinthians 11 in chapter 6. Before I follow him there, I wanted to say at least a couple of things about Venema’s introduction of “New Testament evidence” in his chapter 5, and respond briefly to his argument from John 6. First, it bears repeating that …
Ancestors and the Future
GRACE & PEACE “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled …
Their Frenzies and Crusades
One area of secular blindness (one of many) is their inability to see how religious they are being. Having defined religion quite narrowly as church buildings and altars, they are utterly incapable of seeing the all-pervasive and quite religious nature of their frenzies and crusades. The problem with invisible religions like this is that one …
The King and the Cobbler
Book 3/Section 18 Generosity (section 6) 1. How does one lend to the Lord? 2. Is this kind of generosity meritorious? 3. Why does God allow us to lay up treasures in heaven this way? Tribulation (section 7) 1. What about tribulation? Doesn’t God promise that He will not forget our sufferings? 2. According to …
Inheritance, Not Wages
Book 3/Chapter 18 Recompense (section 1) 1. How does Calvin explain those passages which say that God will repay every man according to his works? 2. How do we know that our good works are not meritorious in themselves? Inheritance (section 2) 1. How is the term “reward” to be understood? 2. How do we …
Organic and Dark Brown
I am reading a book right now that promises to be enormously helpful — When Helping Hurts. Often poverty relief efforts are as well-intentioned as it gets, but the results unfortunately do not match the intentions. This book understandably begins with the biblical mandate to see the connection between the gospel and actually changing the …
Sound of the Chisel
We are a gathered assembly here, gathered in order to worship the Lord. But we have gathered out of a community, a group of people who live together, serving the Lord in various capacities, throughout the rest of the week. What we do there is what we bring here. We see this in everything. The …